The Note: Palin Charged With Reviving McCain Ticket

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

HP Just because someone goes to someones church listens to them spew racist non american coments,has the pastor marry them does not mean they ever heard what wright was spewing.Hold on I cant stop from laughing What a Joke .The media really dislikes republicans and gives Him a pass

THE DEMOCRATS ARE MEAN SPIRITED AND HATEFUL TOWARDS WOMEN. I WILL BE MOVING MY HILLARY VOTE TO MCCAIN.

How many times has the Obama campaign done anything as bold as the McCain campaign does about every other week?
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If it was a question of boldness, then zero would be good for McCain, but being it is absurdness that we are talking about zero is good for Obama.
McCain is fighting this campaign like we have fought the Iraq war, no planing involved, no clear direction for winning, and not sure what the goal is.
So far his attempt at shock and awe, has been all shock, but no awe.

jjs
you should really consider running for Secretary of Defense.
Get real.

THE DEMOCRATS ARE MEAN SPIRITED AND HATEFUL TOWARDS WOMEN. I WILL BE MOVING MY HILLARY VOTE TO MCCAIN.
Posted by: TINA | Sep 29, 2008 9:01:45 AM
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First: you are not a woman
Second: ARE YOU SINGLE, LIVING WITH YOUR PARENTS?
DO YOU HAVE CLEAN SOCKS – RIGHT NOW?
lol!
Third: Try dating, outside of your family circle.
enough of this nonsense.

You know, ever since I heard that McCain called his wife Cindy the “C” word in public whenever I see or hear his name I think “McHunt”!

All your comments and yet the wars drag on. If another country invaded America and occupied it and my wife and kids were killed I would have nothing. I don’t care how long it would take, I would strap bombs to my chest and visit the country responsible. That is the Bush legacy and all McCain can do is underscore it and put an exclamation mark after it. And he’d do it with stupid pride. Bush and McCain paint a bulls-eye on an American city like Seattle or Boston or Miami and it stays there for at least fifty years. Go ahead and vote for John McCain if you live in the same fool’s paradise as him and George Bush. In fact, because everyone is allowed to vote, some people vote who are idiots.

TINA:
You are sexist. That’s one of the main reasons McCain chose Palin – because they know that negative attacks on a nice looking mother just rubs people the wrong way.
jjs:
Do you really think the federal goverment would let the governer of Alaska handle international diplomacy with Russia just because she’s close to the border? Please.
It isn’t fair to the American people that the Republican Party is allowed to keep someone running for such an important position in this country away from any unscripted questioning for so long. The voters deserve to hear from a person who could be running our country if McCain dies. Her choice as a running mate was a gimmick to get votes, and that’s not the way a democracy should be run.

TW,
Both sides had prepared 2 minute statements and possible rebutal statements for the debate. It was their ability to adjust to what the other person said that was important. In this aspect, I think Obama did a little better. It seemed like McCain had certain phrases he was to use and he used it whether it fit or not.

Here is one to add to your article:
How many times does Obama need to say Sen. McCain is right, during the debate?
Posted by: James | Sep 29, 2008 9:17:42 AM
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who cares?
it’s all in the context, what are you doing?
Really? that’s all it takes to sway you?

Once again big mouth Republican jerks venting their John Wayne “I know everything” BS. Bring back the draft McSame. Then send this laughablre phony, Palin, off to Iraq. On the front line. Then and only then will their be JUSTICE from the disgusting anti-constructive Republican Party.

Did I just hear right?? I just heard on CNN that a McCain campaign surrogate was making remarks regarding the Conservatives calling for Palin to step down because of her unpreparedness and demonstrated shortcomings in her recent interviews.
The defense was that -”Only the intelligent conservatives are calling for her to step aside.” That most other conservatives are not.
Did they just basically say, only unintelligent conservatives are supporting Palin?

Graniteman,
Maybe it is because Democrats know how to look beyond the short term. Palin is VP on the ticket of the oldest running President in history. And to add to the concern, he is a twice over cancer survivor, 6 years into the typical 8 year recurrance of the cancer. So, who is running as VP on the ticket is as important as who is running for President because the chances the VP will become President is high.

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned by anyone but that bothered the heck out of me from the debate was that McCain never looked at Obama. To me that smacks of a lack of courage or at least graciousness which I would have expected McCain to have an abundance of given his age and experience.
Obama bothered me with raising his hand so much to get a question in: trying too hard to be a nice guy?

All your comments and yet the wars drag on. If another country invaded America and occupied it and my wife and kids were killed I would have nothing. I don’t care how long it would take, I would strap bombs to my chest and visit the country responsible. That is the Bush legacy and all McCain can do is underscore it and put an exclamation mark after it. And he’d do it with stupid pride. Bush and McCain paint a bulls-eye on an American city like Seattle or Boston or Miami and it stays there for at least fifty years. Go ahead and vote for John McCain if you live in the same fool’s paradise as him and George Bush. In fact, because everyone is allowed to vote, some people vote who are idiots.
Posted by: thoren | Sep 29, 2008 9:12:45 AM
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Brother,
you forget… those are not “real” people. It’s like a video game. Who cares if their children are left limbless or thei little bodies are found only after removing rubble and sand… it’s not “real” to us.
more than 75% of the time, we don’t even hear about it.
BUt you know WHO does? the rest of the world.
who is the real terrorist now?

hp boston has been let out of the asylum again i see
score enough good behavior points that they allow you a few minutes on the comp hp?

John Mccain v/s the Media.
I agree With Jefferson in his line of reasoning it is better to have even a vile, nauseous media rather than have no free media.
I guess right now Media is desperate to control the minds of the people but they have been sidestepped by technology. So in this WAR OF WORDS its technology that will triump and truth prevail.
McCain/ Palin 08

Palin did revive the McCain ticket-but…the novelty of an unknown, mother and woman can only be stretched out for so long. Look all this is all cute but.
we are almost in a depression-This is serious stuff we are dealing with. Bantering each other with silly words doesn’t change the balance of deficit. I might add the McCain voted for Cox and helped in degregulation. He was warned of the problems and didn’t do anything. Now he wants to fire Cox? So does the republican? Too too late-the damage is already done. You need to keep Cox in there to clean up the mess he created and to be accountable. Thos who made a large profit of money should be fined 35 to 40 % on penalties. They knew exactly what they were doing. Socialism is what we are blaming on Obama. Lets see family are losing homes, due to not having insurance there is about 30 % of people dying because they can’t get treatment, savings is not possible because every penny is going to put food on our table, heating, gas for the car and paying the mortgage. Our Captialism hasn’t been working for the last 8 years. Prove to me it has-give me facts. Look at statistics about the loss to Americans in the areas I mention. I just cried when a family lost their loved one because their insurance was capped and had to take him off the ventilator. It was my daughters teacher’s husband. give me a break!!!!

Let’s get real. Of course, Biden has made ridiculous remarks. I cringe when he gets ready to speak. But there’s a qualitative difference. It’s one thing to get your history screwed up: it’s another to say you have foreign policy experience because you can see Russia from an outlier island. Have you actually listened to some of those remarks???

mavisdarling,
so sad but so true!
That’s why I’m all in favor of Obama starting a new strategy with his campaign.
no more Mr. Nice guy, we need to do it the way they do it and put our shame on hold. It worked for Bush! and now it’s working for McCain.
We should hire Karl Rove (eeeeeK! the chills!, I think I threw up a little)

McCain keeps saying “country first” that it’s not about him… it’s about the country…so then why would he choose Palin as a VP..He’s gotta know that he’s at an age that he can get sick and die. And then Palin would be in charge..Anyone with a brain can se that McCain is full of crap when he says “country first” and then panders to the female vote by picking Palin. There had to be a more qualified choice in the republican party than this bimbo.
McCains choice of Palin is so transparent.. It’s very scary that this woman, who by the way proved that she has misused her power (read about the state trooper she fired) has her finger near the big red button…it’s scary that she had the mind set to try and ban books from the library…
But lucky for us …she keeps an eye on Russia. What a BIMBO! I hope you all are smart enough to see how dangerous having Palin near the whitehouse will be….She can’t even talk in a coherent way on a TV interview…can you imagine if she had to speak to other world leaders..She’s a fluke …a wanna be…a poser….Tina Fey would be a better choice for VP !

Did I just hear right?? I just heard on CNN that a McCain campaign surrogate was making remarks regarding the Conservatives calling for Palin to step down because of her unpreparedness and demonstrated shortcomings in her recent interviews.
The defense was that -”Only the intelligent conservatives are calling for her to step aside.” That most other conservatives are not.
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I heard that on Fox this morning. Please don’t laugh, I watch Fox just to see how they spin Palinism. I guess most conservatives are just easily manipulated lemmings according to the McCain campaign staff.
All morning they have basically tried to lower the bar for Palin. “The debate is not fair because it is 60% international relations”. “Biden is an expert debater.” etc….
The expectations for Palin are so low, if she doesn’t fall off the podium, it will be considered a success.
This is the BEST the GOP has to offer.

John Mccain v/s the Media.
I agree With Jefferson in his line of reasoning it is better to have even a vile, nauseous media rather than have no free media.
I guess right now Media is desperate to control the minds of the people but they have been sidestepped by technology. So in this WAR OF WORDS its technology that will triump and truth prevail.
McCain/ Palin 08
Posted by: vic | Sep 29, 2008 9:38:32 AM
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If I was ugly, I’d throw rocks at my mirrors too.
Move to the land of the blind, and get all others drunk until I looked pretty in their eyes while I’m at it.

Lets face it McCain has made a joke of his campaign.
One stunt after another.
Putting Palin on his ticket. Lets face it everybody knows she is out of her league. I am sure she is a great alaskan governer but she is no diplomat or VP.
McCain insults you at every stop, I can’t believe people can’t see it. I was a Conservative but the way the party has gone is horrible Bush can’t string a sentance together and McCain does stunt after stunt. Please enough already!!
Obama may not be as experienced but to be honest he is showing he has much better temparance and coolness. Look at how he has ran his campaign. Look at what he brings for the american brand.
Plus he has ideas and thinks!! Something our politicians have had problems doing. Does anybody realize how badly the states is now percieved worldwide with the current idiot running the whitehouse. Then McCain expects you to pick him when he does stunt after stunt and puts palin on the ticket. Please watch the katie Couric interview it is embarrasing and painful. If you don’t see that you are fooling yourself.

Ken,
That is too funny! Can you remember who the surrogate was? Hilarious!
I used to think a McCain presidency wouldn’t be too bad, but after watching his impulsive actions over the last month I’m scared as heck!

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Palin will win the debate. She will parrot talking points when the right topics come up.
Memorable key words will spill out all over the TV.
Even if the topic of teaching pseudo-science like dinosaurs walking with men, like in the faith-based diorama in Kentucky, does come up, expect her to win over even more fundamentalists. After all, Palin is working with faith-based material, not logic that appeals to everyone. She doesnt have to appeal to everyone, just to the base. RIght now 3/4 of fundamentalists intend to vote for Palin-McCain. If she can make that 4/5ths, then maybe Palin-McCain wins in November.

I love how Republican women pretend they’re Hillary voters who are switching sides because Palin is being “beat up” by liberals. It’s the media beating up on Palin, including many conservative Republicans who are now calling for Palin to step down FOR THE GOOD OF THE COUNTRY. If Palin can’t take any scruntiny without crying about it or her supporters crying about it, she should’t be on the ticket. Women can’t argue that we should be treated as equals and then cry when we have to walk with the big dogs and take our licks like any other candidate.
You have to be extremely partisan to say Obama has been given a pass by the media. Rev. Wright was discussed nearly 24/7 on the news (all negative for Obama) for at least 6 weeks straight. On top of that the media dragged in Father Pfleger, Tony Rezko, and now some have even tried to tie Kwame Kilpatrick to Obama. So, what free pass are you talking about with Obama and the media?
It’s not a free pass. You’re just pissed that Americans have heard these stories and it didn’t give HRC and now it isn’t giving McCain an advantage. That’s the only way many of you would see the media as doing its job–if they take down Obama ON BEHALF OF MCCAIN BECAUSE MCCAIN CAN’T DO IT HIMSELF!!! The problem is that every American has heard the scandals/peolple I’ve already mentioned and Obama is still up in the polls.
People…THERE ARE NO MORE VOTES OUT THERE ON REV. WRIGHT, ETC. Find something new—How about a real issue?
And, again, Palin needs to take the scrutiny. We still no nothing about her and she could end up as President, if McCain’s elected and becomes incapcitated or dies. Get over it. She needs way more scrutiny. If she can’t take it, she should go back to Alaska. Obama and his wife have been taking major hits for more than 20 months! Get over yourselves.

Ah Ah I I your right John numerous times, oh wait… let me interupt continuously because I am not mature enough to HOLD MY THOUGHT until it is my turn to speak!
My kids can do this, and he can’t. Yea, this is the guy I want in charge.
In GOD we trust, so take your liberal minded ass to France or anywhere but MY country

Thoren’s point is a good one.
Obama is winning big among college educated voters and Palin/McCain has the same big lead among voters who never attended college.
Remember, the average IQ is 100. That means 10′s of millions of registered voters have IQ’s in the 80′s and 90′s. They will not follow complex issues.
Palin’s D in macro-economics is appealing to those people, her constitutents in Alaska, which has the lowest percentage of college grads in the USA.

Sarah Palin simply does NOT have the mental capabilities for the job. PERIOD. She is clueless. Nothing she does will prepare her because she just flat-out isn’t SMART enough.
Anybody who thinks otherwise is either just as stupid as SHE is, or you are deluding yourself because you are a racist pig.
She has proven that she has NO capacity for critical thinking. I mean come ON, folks. She still honestly thinks that since Alaska is next to Russia that it gives her foreign policy experience. How do you explain THAT nonsense?
Palin was elected by a bunch of YAY-HOO Alaskans. The majority of the Alaskan population is MEN. She won a beauty contest disquised as an election and now you think she has “experience”. Her popularity in Alaska is declining fast, I might add.
Obama is brilliant. He is SMART, he definitely has the mental capabilities to be president. The only problem I see is his color. So many of your arguments, that he isn’t experienced enough, or that he is stupid, or WHATEVER, are simply remarks made by STUPID RACISTS. It’s so transparent.
That is the ONLY reason Obama isn’t running away with this thing. A pretty pathetic testament to what kind of people live in this country, I might add. To racists, anybody of color is by definition stupid. That is SOOOOOO pathetic.
Obama can run intellectual circles around 99% of this country. FACT.
I’m sorry if this isn’t a “politically correct” comment. Sadly, it’s the TRUTH.

Holly cow batman…what a joke.
American has become such a vacuous state devoid of any shred of intellectual and moral leadership. I’ll give the nod to Obama as the lesser of 2 evils, but if this is the best either party can muster, whew…we’re in trouble.
For a capitalist country to be teetering on the brink of financial collapse, it appears a very real possibility that America will go down in history as a relatively short lived experiment. A country built on the premise of freedom and equality ultimately undone by it’s own avarice and a lust for moral superiority.
Parlez-vous Canadian?
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In the beginning, man created god in his own image.

Just think about it. It is not the Americalns are reading or listing to Plain’s interview and some of the spiners view of Palin. It’s the whole world is watching. We still have not learned from the mistakes made from BUSH. It’s a very bad image for a country like USA that they can’t even pick a VP who can ONLY read when someone writes for her (as she did in the convention), but is unable to construct a good sentence with substance. It’s a shame.

Wow, the continued bias of uninformed people on this comment board continues to boggles the mind. It’s soooo easy to insert innuendo and make statements and try to sway people with garbage without taking any responsibility for seeking out the truth. Get the FACTS and VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

When will the republicans get it, that they can no longer nominate morons for office? Sarah Palin is a moron and McCain is another for choosing her as his running mate.

You’re a gasbag. Get to the point.

I find it amusing that Mike THINKS he’s educated. Mike doesn’t even have basic elementary school grammar skills. Is it any wonder that a person like Sarah Palin was somehow able to “get” a college degree??

“American has become such a vacuous state devoid of any shred of intellectual and moral leadership. I’ll give the nod to Obama as the lesser of 2 evils, but if this is the best either party can muster, whew…we’re in trouble.”
My guess is you wouldn’t know leadership if it bit you in the butt.
Parlez vous latin?
damnant quodnon intelligunt.

James Terry, Chief Public Advocate for the Consumers Rights League, today testified at a joint House Administration and House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on “Federal, State and Local Efforts to Prepare for the General 2008 Election,” where he highlighted “corruption at every level of ACORN including embezzlement, cover-ups, misuse of taxpayer funds and voter fraud.” An excerpt of his testimony follows:
http://www.consumersrightsleague.org/news/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=23729
and more …
http://www.consumersrightsleague.org/news/DocumentQuery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=730
Here is a definition of “martial law” as it applies to congressional rules
“The Leadership apparently intends to use a process known as “martial law” to allow these bills to be brought to the floor very shortly after negotiations are completed, with the result that Members of the House are likely to have virtually no time to examine and consider the details of the legislation before they will be required to vote on it.”
http://www.cbpp.org/7-28-06bud-stmt.htm

mavisdarling Being educated has nothing to do with common sense or intelligence

This financial crisis, gas crisis and unemployment crisis all stand to erode the American standard of living. However, the ignorance and bigotry displayed during this election proves that our educational/intelligence crisis far outweigh anything else to ensure the demise of our nation.
Anyone with an ounce of common sense would know that we are heading down the wrong path, a path toward collapse. Yet, we would rather ensure our eventual doom, than give up our idiotic bigotry.
This is a sure sign of a nation which has gone mad. History will record that twice in America’s history that racism took us to the brink of destruction…the Civil War and the 2008 Election.

Oooh, I can’t WAIT for Bristol Palin’s wedding!!
It just warms my heart to see a pregnant teenage bride. What could possibly be more wholesome and all-American than THAT?

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Posted by: Dean N | Sep 29, 2008 10:38:54 AM
The financial crisis was started by democrats That is a fact!The democrats love the high price of gasoline it makes people be more resopsible for how they choose things like engery star fuel economy etc…They have been blocking Refineries for years in the name of the enviroment.Unemployment is high but not a crisis yet

Poor Sarah – all dressed up and nowhere to go. McCain’s use of this woman is utterly shameless. She’s his ‘get out the vote’ hand puppet.
Apparently the PUMA ranks are shrinking. They seem to be inbreeding. This Berg lawsuit is like catnip to them. I think its time for them to find some other cause for their victimization.

One of the skill Palin will have to develop before she becomes president is to construct a sentence in comprehensible English when she is not repeating a talking point of reading a speech.
I suppose if Bush can do it Palin can.
Palin is an intelligent person I suspect but her lack of education whether she is a college graduate or not is apparent.

As a lifelong Republican, I can say that me and all of my friends (also repugs) are voting for the Obama ticket with no reservations. This woman should be home with her kids. And that’s not sexist! Her place is home until that is taken care of. Hilary was the right woman, not this one. I’m part of the Republican base and believe me, all of us conservative people are trying to get this choice reconsidered and she has not energized the base. IF the media weren’t so much in the tank for McSame, there would be a whole lot of attention as to how this woman is so unprepared to be President. So, for the first time ever, I am voting Democrat. Funny how Sen. Obama seems much more in line with my traditional values. This Republican finally sees the truth!

Obama was wrong to ever preface a statemet by saying “John McCain is right” Bad debate form. The smart wording would have been: “John agrees with me that…”. Much better to make the other person agree with you than to agree with him. Other than that McCain came off as the popular (but dumb) jock running for student body president.

Reddog:
You made the statement, you need to support it. If you do not understand the issue well enough then tell us that. My purpose was to have the evidence here not on another website.
You made the statement and it is so sweeping that it can not possibly be true. But if you prefer to leave your ignorant remark stand as is, that is fine with me.

There are the facts plain and simple

Clinton Administration Changes of 1995
In early 1993 President Bill Clinton ordered new regulations for the CRA which would increase access to mortgage credit for inner city and distressed rural communities.[7] The new rules went into effect on January 31, 1995 and featured: requiring strictly numerical assessments to get a satisfactory CRA rating; using federal home-loan data broken down by neighborhood, income group, and race; encouraging community groups to complain when banks were not loaning enough to specified neighborhood, income group, and race; allowing community groups that marketed loans to target to groups to collect a fee from the banks.[4][6]
The new rules, during a time when many banks were merging and needed to pass the CRA review process to do so, substantially increased the number and aggregate amount of loans to low- and moderate-income borrowers for home loans, some of which were “risky mortgages.” Banks set up CRA departments, a CRA consultant industry was created and new financial-services firms helped banks invest in packaged portfolios of CRA loans to ensure compliance. Established and new community groups began marketing such mortgages. The Senate Banking Committee estimated that as of 2000, as a result of CRA, such groups had received $9.5 billion in services and salaries. As of that time such groups also had received tens of billions of dollars in multi-year commitments from banks, including ACORN Housing $760 million; Boston-based Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America $3 billion; a New Jersey Citizen Action-led coalition $13 billion; the Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance $220 million.[4] The number of CRA mortgage loans increased by 39 percent between 1993 and 1998, while other loans increased by only 17 percent.[8][9]
Related rule changes gave Fannie and Freddie extraordinary leverage, allowing them to hold just 2.5% of capital to back their investments, vs. 10% for banks, encouraging banks to make even more loans to low income communities, often with no down payment and little documentation. By 2007, Fannie and Freddie owned or guaranteed nearly half of the $12 trillion U.S. mortgage market.[5] Due to massive financial losses, on September 7, 2008 the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) put Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under the conservatorship of the FHFA.[10]

Hey this is what deregulators wanted to do
In 2002 there was an interagency review of the effectiveness of the 1995 regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment Act and new proposals were considered.[6] In related 2003 proposals, the Bush Administration recommended that a new Department of the Treasury agency should supervise the primary agents guaranteeing subprime loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congressional support was approximately split along Party lines and the proposal eventually failed.[11] The New York Times, calling Barney Frank “the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee,” quoted his opposition to the changes: “These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”[12]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency put new regulations into effect September of 2005. [13] The regulations were opposed by a contingent of Democrats[14]
The regulations included less restrictive new definitions of “small” and “intermediate small” banks.[3] “Intermediate small banks” were defined as banks with assets of less than $1 billion, but allows banks to opt for examination as a large bank.[13] Currently banks with assets greater than $1.061 billion have their CRA performance evaluated according to lending, investment and service tests. The agencies use the Consumer Price Index to adjust the asset size thresholds for small and large institutions annually

Everyone ready for this Thursday’s debate?
I believe that in this week’s debate, Sarah Palin’s true colors would show: her lack of ability and knowledge to support the United States as Vice President. Her interview with Kathy Couric clearly proves it. I do respect the fact that she is a woman running for office, but what matters is whether or not she is suitable for the position. George W. Bush (our Republican President, a.k.a. the party Sarah Palin belongs to in this election) said: “Americans will look closely at the judgment, the experience, and the policies of candidates…” in the Republican National Convention on September 2nd. If Sarah Palin doesn’t come strong on very important issues like foreign policy, how can we expect her to be a good Vice President?
I learned a lot about Sarah Palin at http://www.dailysource.org/palin

Dear Gov. Rendell,
Since I have read that you are now a member of Barack Obama’s truth squad, I am hoping that you will spread that sentiment both ways. I would like you to talk about Obama’s trip to Iraq and his conversation with Hoshyar Zebari which I and many other Americans is a violation of the Logan Act. I would also like you to bring to light his 500 thousand plus contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. I would like you to tell your constituents about the Phillip Berg lawsuit which alleges Obama unqualified to run for President based on his dual citizenship. I would like you to relay the truth behind Obama’s questionable associations with convicted domestic terrorist William Ayers. Maybe show some of Reverand Wright’s sermons at your next press conference? Or perhaps bring up some facts from Dr. Lynette Long’s research into the Obama camp’s caucus fraud in Texas. Speaking of caucus fraud, how about Obama’s involvement with ACORN?
I am counting on you, Governor Rendell to do your truth squad duty!

Obama, McCain, Biden or Palin…..it does not matter which one you vote for in November. They all agree to expand the Middle East conflict at the cost of American lives and at the cost to American taxpayers. It is no different then when President Carter (term of Presidency 1977-1981) said the United States must control the Persian Gulf because it is the hub of oil. Washington had more than thirty years to correct the United States oil shortages problem that showed its ugly head during the Carter administration and did nothing.
Obama quote, “This is not an easy situation. You’ve got cross-border attacks against U.S. troops,” Obama added. “And we’ve got a choice. We could allow our troops to just be on the defensive and absorb those blows again and again and again, if Pakistan is unwilling to cooperate, or we have to start making some decisions.”
Obama agrees with imperialistic ideas. This is a dangerous man ready to strike out at any country for his own mislead principles. Obama proved in Missouri that he has complete disregard for the Bill Of Rights and that he must grow up to real facts.
Obama’s position on cross-border raids sounds similar to the one stated by Palin last night, although Palin did not explicitly say whether she would support raids without the Pakistani government’s permission. When asked in her interview with ABC News’ Charles Gibson this month whether the U.S. has the right to go into Pakistan without the approval of the Pakistani government, Palin said, “that the U.S. has to “exercise all options.”
The oil problem is a United States problem and not Iraq’s or Pakistan‘s problem. The oil problem is every American’s problem. Strict conservation can cut American oil consumption by 65%. American’s fill the highways with their cars with no consideration of self-restraints and conservation. We are a greedy people ready to destroy the common good of man for our own needs.
Do not point the finger at President Bush. Point the finger at yourself, look into a mirror, and ask, how many people must die before I correct my decadence. The next time you use your car think of the innocent people that die so you can drive somewhere. Moreover, know the truth that it is not just a 9/11 or otherworld problem. Americans kill their own sons for OIL. Send the message loud and clear, GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST. Vote for a President that says, GET OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST and make them keep their PROMISE.
The financial crisis is American people spending money they did not have, buying everything on credit. That is another story that is blaming President Bush, the banking system, Wall Street, regulation, deregulation or whatever. Again, the American people do not know self-restraints.
Yes, I am a natural born American citizen that served my country honorable in the United States Army and I strongly believe in the American Constitution and The Bill Of Rights. Obama is not the answer and John McCain is not the answer. The answers lay with the American people taking control of themselves and taking control of THEIR government by being constantly alert to what is really happening in Washington.

Ronnn
where did you go? The statements are supported like most obama supporters duck the facts

Sigh. Where are we?
For eight years we have patiently waited for the small child to yell out, “the Emperor has no clothes.” And Palin comes along to make it all even more theater of the absurd.
Come on, she is unqualified. Read David Brooks, Andrew Sullivan, and now Kathleen Sullivan. Forget what sane Democrats think .. who are all too timid anyway.
It is all Roman Circus. Serve up to the people what will amuse them. These lists are filled with people of no sense.
The really sad fact is that Biden cannot win on Thursday. If a woman wants to compete on Thursday night, do it on common ground. Don’t tell me you can’t say that to a woman.
McCain was attack dog number one. And if Biden emulates this .. watch the silly howls of indignation. Just watch.

Ronnn
This is from the so called deregulators
In 2002 there was an interagency review of the effectiveness of the 1995 regulatory changes to the Community Reinvestment Act and new proposals were considered.[6] In related 2003 proposals, the Bush Administration recommended that a new Department of the Treasury agency should supervise the primary agents guaranteeing subprime loans, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Congressional support was approximately split along Party lines and the proposal eventually failed.[11] The New York Times, calling Barney Frank “the ranking Democrat on the House Financial Services Committee,” quoted his opposition to the changes: “These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis. The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”[12]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency put new regulations into effect September of 2005. [13] The regulations were opposed by a contingent of Democrats[14]
The regulations included less restrictive new definitions of “small” and “intermediate small” banks.[3] “Intermediate small banks” were defined as banks with assets of less than $1 billion, but allows banks to opt for examination as a large bank.[13] Currently banks with assets greater than $1.061 billion have their CRA performance evaluated according to lending, investment and service tests. The agencies use the Consumer Price Index to adjust the asset size thresholds for small and large institutions annually

Its not soley a political problem people who bought houses need to take some resposibility here they drove the market up and up.Then failed to live up to there agreement in paying the mortgage To say fannie and freddie are not the problem is navie they sold these mortgages to banks after they held them for the required 45 day period.
Do you know how the assigned risk works in the auto insurance industry ?It guarntees people will get insurance and they push it on to companies that have no choice but to take it driving our rates up.It is the same policy

reddog0216, there are other things going on in this world and here is only part of it.
You and I are having a cultural struggle because you are wishing to blame someone and I am only interesting in blaming if by pointing out the culprit so we can solve the problem.
We need more regulation. I know regulation is both good and bad. Obama is a compromiser. He supported death penalty in a rape case, he voted for the 2005 energy bill and for the intelligence bill. These are things that I do not agree with him but I know he understands the big picture and has a desire to get things accomplished and that he will move toward non punitive regulation.
McCain has been burdened by a history of opposing regulation. The man himself, though very nasty, is capable of changing position. He did it many times in the past two weeks. But he has as his allies, the Republicans in the house who on this crisis have behaved like idiots. For McCain to get anything done he will be carrying around these idiots so McCain will be able to accomplish little.
This is why I favor Obama. Not because he has ultra left wing economic policy. It is because he is not so radical that I favor him. I know he will compromise.
My retirement money comes from the market and during Bush’s 8 years the market is down around !0% as things stand at this time. That is much less than the threefold rise during Clinton. Use some common sense, reddog, the difference in market outcome must say something that contradicts your perception of right and wrong.
I do not try to change your mind only to let you know that it is possible to support Obama and use common sense and intelligence. I think that is a foreign concept and you need to get out and meet more people who have different backgrounds than you.

Gov. Blunt Statement on Obama Campaign’s Abusive Use of Missouri Law Enforcement
JEFFERSON CITY – Gov. Matt Blunt today issued the following statement on news reports that have exposed plans by U.S. Senator Barack Obama to use Missouri law enforcement to threaten and intimidate his critics.
“St. Louis County Circuit Attorney Bob McCulloch, St. Louis City Circuit Attorney Jennifer Joyce, Jefferson County Sheriff Glenn Boyer, and Obama and the leader of his Missouri campaign Senator Claire McCaskill have attached the stench of police state tactics to the Obama-Biden campaign.
“What Senator Obama and his helpers are doing is scandalous beyond words, the party that claims to be the party of Thomas Jefferson is abusing the justice system and offices of public trust to silence political criticism with threats of prosecution and criminal punishment.
“This abuse of the law for intimidation insults the most sacred principles and ideals of Jefferson. I can think of nothing more offensive to Jefferson’s thinking than using the power of the state to deprive Americans of their civil rights. The only conceivable purpose of Messrs. McCulloch, Obama and the others is to frighten people away from expressing themselves, to chill free and open debate, to suppress support and donations to conservative organizations targeted by this anti-civil rights, to strangle criticism of Mr. Obama, to suppress ads about his support of higher taxes, and to choke out criticism on television, radio, the Internet, blogs, e-mail and daily conversation about the election.
“Barack Obama needs to grow up. Leftist blogs and others in the press constantly say false things about me and my family. Usually, we ignore false and scurrilous accusations because the purveyors have no credibility. When necessary, we refute them. Enlisting Missouri law enforcement to intimidate people and kill free debate is reminiscent of the Sedition Acts – not a free society.”

THERE IS A BETTING POOL AT WORK TODAY!!
We are all betting whether or not Palin runs crying from the stage in shame in Thursday’s debate with Joe Biden.
I picked the 65 minute square, but there are several squares left. One at 45 minutes and a couple at around the 70 minute mark, what do you guys think I should do?
Do you think the 65 minute square is a safe bet??
Oh also there was a pool just started on whether she just cries and doesn’t run from the stage, I got the 42 minute square there….
Like a moose in the headlights, with lipstick!!!
On another note did you all see Sarah in a bikini in video of her 1984 Miss Alaska beauty contest?? I think she should just wear that outfit on the stage with Biden, that should really throw him off!!!!

This bailout has to do with derivatives which were hedging techniques that were created to offset risk. The problem is that they were leveraged and as all of these assets unwound because the housing market deteriorated all over the country at once. There is also the fear of the unwinding of other debt obligations like credit cards etc.
This bailout will not affect Freddie or Fannie. If your point is they were involved in the creation of this problem I agree but the magnitude and depth of this problem is far greater than them. They were simply the tip of the iceberg. Though the Republican’s denied it there was too much debt in the system. Housing prices went too high and the Fed just ignored it.
I do not know anything about auto insurance but I am confident that you only see the problem from a narrow perspective which is what makes McCain appealing because that is what he is doing in this campaign. Obama sees things from a broader perspective and that is why he can be trusted and McCain can not.

You still dont get it the rise in the cost of housing was a direct effect of sub prime mortgages.If more people are qualfied to buy a house thet equals demand then rising cost simple supply and demand correct.Fannie and freddie sold these sub prime mortgages to these banks that are folding where do you not see the connection

ronn
It is typical when you present facts about something people result to name calling and I dont want to discuss this anymore now I can see why you are voting for who you are facts are meaningless I guess.I am not an authority on anything just able to connect some simple dots

Ronnn
Excatly and McCain and the bush adim tried to get some and the democrats blocked it I just showed you that.But I guess you do not want to believe it

James wrote: Here is one to add to your article:
How many times does Obama need to say Sen. McCain is right, during the debate
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If your implication is that Senator Obama doesn’t have ideas of his own, you’re on the wrong track. His giving credit to McCain simply indicates that he is willing to acknowledge that McCain can be right about some things. But you will recall that each time Senator Obama said that McCain was right, he also said, But here’s where we differ” and went on to explain what the differences were. Obama’s willingness to admit that his opponent can be right about certain things shows that he is willing to work with him and others across the aisle – a far cry from McCain’s obvious intransigence.

Sarah Palin is simply not ready… She may be a great admin person and a kind, decent, person, yet she isn’t prepared for the VP job. It was selfish (sexist and narcissistic too) of John McCain to choose her. John had so many terrific, qualified people to choose from! At this point it seems cruel considering what it will do to Sarah Palin’s political future and self esteem. If McCain wanted a woman he could have gone with Kay Hutchinson or Olympia Snow (what a remarkable personal story) – He’d have probably swayed me then… The way Sarah Palin answers questions by using up time and repeating the words of the question attempting to sound like she had some information about the subject… the sentences that led to nothing or the rambling thoughts… My stomach turned for the poor woman. Even if she does well in the debates Sarah’s already established herself as one of those “pull the string” dolls that’s programmed with what to say. Not only is she not ready now, it appears her mind isn’t one that would ever be ready to be president.
Some are saying that at the beginning of the Dem. Campaign Barrack Obama didn’t know all of the material as well, but what is being left out is that Obama has a brilliant mind capable of depth and nuance that he’s displayed throughout his life. Does the average person realize how difficult it is to get in to Harvard Law? Does the average person understand what the LSAT is and how high you’d have to score to be accepted? Or that Obama’s score was probably in the top 5-7 % of ALL lawyers who take the LSAT? It may seem a small point, yet I’m talking about the starting block. Barrack starts off with this mind that can take open many doors that most of us will never open. Sarah Palin went to 5 or more (lower level) Colleges just to complete a four year degree in journalism… This doesn’t make one confidant that Palin will do well with “on the job” training.
Palin is in way over her head. Not because of the media, but because of her total ignorance on vital subjects and her lack of depth and intelligence. I’m just an average mom of four. I too am honest, hate corruption, and I’m a Washington Outsider. I have held an executive director position with a million plus budget, yet, if someone asked me to be the VP, I would have the intelligenct to first blink… and then think… and then recognize – for the good of this wonderful, hurting nation – that I wouldn’t be the best choice. Ignorant people fool only themselves. Sarah’s abilities are such a farce that when I hear her talk about nothing significant leading to no place informed it elicits compassion and empathy from this average mom who supported Hillary and is definitely voting Obama/Biden.

Sarah Palin is simply not ready… She may be a great admin person and a kind, decent, person, yet she isn’t prepared for the VP job. It was selfish (sexist and narcissistic too) of John McCain to choose her. John had so many terrific, qualified people to choose from! At this point it seems cruel considering what it will do to Sarah Palin’s political future and self esteem. If McCain wanted a woman he could have gone with Kay Hutchinson or Olympia Snow (what a remarkable personal story) – He’d have probably swayed me then… The way Sarah Palin answers questions by using up time and repeating the words of the question attempting to sound like she had some information about the subject… the sentences that led to nothing or the rambling thoughts… My stomach turned for the poor woman. Even if she does well in the debates Sarah’s already established herself as one of those “pull the string” dolls that’s programmed with what to say. Not only is she not ready now, it appears her mind isn’t one that would ever be ready to be president.
Some are saying that at the beginning of the Dem. Campaign Barrack Obama didn’t know all of the material as well, but what is being left out is that Obama has a brilliant mind capable of depth and nuance that he’s displayed throughout his life. Does the average person realize how difficult it is to get in to Harvard Law? Does the average person understand what the LSAT is and how high you’d have to score to be accepted? Or that Obama’s score was probably in the top 5-7 % of ALL lawyers who take the LSAT? It may seem a small point, yet I’m talking about the starting block. Barrack starts off with this mind that can take open many doors that most of us will never open. Sarah Palin went to 5 or more (lower level) Colleges just to complete a four year degree in journalism… This doesn’t make one confidant that Palin will do well with “on the job” training.
Palin is in way over her head. Not because of the media, but because of her total ignorance on vital subjects and her lack of depth and intelligence. I’m just an average mom of four. I too am honest, hate corruption, and I’m a Washington Outsider. I have held an executive director position with a million plus budget, yet, if someone asked me to be the VP, I would have the intelligenct to first blink… and then think… and then recognize – for the good of this wonderful, hurting nation – that I wouldn’t be the best choice. Ignorant people fool only themselves. Sarah’s abilities are such a farce that when I hear her talk about nothing significant leading to no place informed it elicits compassion and empathy from this average mom who supported Hillary and is definitely voting Obama/Biden.

Buzzer you’re a liar!
No republican lifelong or otherwise
would ever call him or herself
a “repug”!
You liberal democrats are the
namecallers!
You can’t win an argument with the facts
so you resort to namecalling like
repugs, mcsame etc! Grow Up!

Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president. She is a feisty, charismatic politician who has done some good things in Alaska. But she has never spent a day thinking about any important national or international issue, and this is a hell of a time to start. …In these times, for John McCain to have chosen this person to be his running mate is fundamentally irresponsible. McCain says that he always puts country first. In this important case, it is simply not true.

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